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Friday, May 23, 2014

Sew San Antonio - Virtual Fabric Shop Hop - Sew Special Quilts

Karla of Petite Chalet (home of super cute baby bibs and burp cloths - take a look and I know you'll agree) visited our third stop.

For our third stop on the Virtural
Fabric Shop Hop, I visited Sew Special Quilts, and let me tell you, I
think I’ve found my new favorite fabric store in San Antonio! From
the moment I walked into the store I felt very welcomed. The staff
was friendly, warm, and incredibly helpful. They are located at 5139
N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 110.

Sew Special Quilts is the perfect shop
for quilters. They carry large amount of designer cotton fabric
(perfect for quilting). Sew Special Quilts stock Michael Miller,
Moda, and Riley Blake fabrics, just to name a few. Because they stock
high quality fabrics, the prices are a bit higher than Joann’s, but
they have a frequent buyers club program, that I think will help to
make their prices more reasonable. The Frequent Buyers Club cost $20
a year, but you get 10% off your purchase every day, and on the 15th
of each month you get 20% off of your purchase. I joined the frequent
buyers club when I visited, and I ended up saving the $20 that I
spent on joining, so it has completely paid for itself already.

Sample of fabric offered at Sew Special
Quilts:

Cotton Fabrics

Quilters Cotton

Moda Solids

Small selection of Flannel

Batting

Interfacing

Cotton Apparel Fabric

Sample of Sewing and Quilting
Accessories at Sew Special Quilts:

Quilting Books

Machine accessories for Bernina
and Baby Lock Machines

Scissors

Quilting Gloves

Stabilizers

Rotary cutter

Cutting Mat

Rulers

Zippers

Thread

Quilt patterns and other various
patterns

Precut fabric

Fat quarters

Jelly rolls

Charm packs

Mini charm packs

Layer cakes

Honeycomb

Machines at Sew Special Quilts

Bernina

Baby Lock

Sergers

Embroidery machines

Classes at Sew Special Quilts

Buy a Machine and you can attend
free classes as many times as you wish, to learn your new machine.

$5 quilt

Registration is $10 and with an
additional $5.00 charge at your first class.

Meet once a month to collect your
quilt kit and learn a new technique

Bring your completed quilt block
to class the following month, and receive the next month’s kit
free.

Class Starts in October and runs
for 1 year.

At completion of the class you
will have enough quilt blocks to construct a quilt top.

Various classes

Embroidery

Serger Basics

Silhouette Cameo Cutter

Hand Applique

Bag Lady

Stitch ‘Till Midnight

Visit their website for a schedule
of classes available http://www.sewspecialsa.com/

How to get a deal at Sew Special Quilts

Shop their sale and clearance
items

Join the Frequent Buyers Club

Remember to shop on the 15th
for 20% off your purchase

My Favorite Features of Sew Special
Quilts

Very helpful and experienced
employees

Current and modern fabric choices

Designer fabrics

I usually buy these fabrics
online, but will be buying them from Sew Special Quilts using their
Frequent Buyers Club.

Variety of classes

Least Favorite Features of Sew Special
Quilts

Higher prices than Joann’s and
Hobby Lobby

Doesn’t have a variety of
fabrics other than cotton fabrics

They are only open until 6:00pm on
Tuesday and Thursday, and 5:00 pm on Monday and Wednesday.

Thanks Karla for the amazing review. Be sure to check out Karla's fun and modern baby products. This one is my favorite at the moment (did I mention Karla's fun modern quilts too?).